Year they are history making, unprecedented, consequential from Criminal Investigations into the former president of the United States to midterm elections that preserved our democracy, from the makeup o the Supreme Court and th decisions that threatened ou rights to the very rapid ris of hate speech on public discourse, we have plenty to dig into you are watching simone and yo know i have a lot to say when i reflect on the wil ride that was 2022, i keep coming back to these words historic and unprecedented democrats bumped historica trends by expanding thei Senate Majority and preventing a red wave in the house of representatives. And voters, they changed the representation in more way than one electing the first gen z membe of congress with Maxwell Frost In Florida The First woman elected to congress from vermont, wit becca blunt, the First Out Lesbian governors, lamar heal in massachusetts, and tina kotek in oregon. The first black governor o maryland with wes moore. The list just g
msnbc. thank you so much, reverend sharpton, thank you so much, let s begin this saturday with mifepristone and what happen now, supreme court i temporarily protecting acces to the most used abortion drug in united states two of the nine justices justice clarence thomas an samuel alito dissented friday, saying they would have allowed the original ruling, you know, the one by judge matthew kacsmaryk, to stay in effect which invalidated the fda approval of mifepristone this is thanks to the bide administration, the high court got involved in the firs place. this late quote, fridays stay sends long message to the lowe courts that scotus will no entertain the cynical attemp to impose new nationwide restrictions potentially even a ban o abortion if you feel like it is a littl too early to breathe a sigh of relief, well you would b right. mifepristone remains available in certain states wher abortion is currently illegal. that is until the fifth circui court of appeals rules o
year they are history making, unprecedented, consequential from criminal investigations into the former president of the united states to midterm elections that preserved our democracy, from the makeup o the supreme court and th decisions that threatened ou rights to the very rapid ris of hate speech on public discourse, we have plenty to dig into you are watching simone and yo know i have a lot to say when i reflect on the wil ride that was 2022, i keep coming back to these words historic and unprecedented democrats bumped historica trends by expanding thei senate majority and preventing a red wave in the house of representatives. and voters, they changed the representation in more way than one electing the first gen z membe of congress with maxwell frost in florida the first woman elected to congress from vermont, wit becca blunt, the first out lesbian governor s, lamar heal in massachusetts, and tina kotek in oregon. the first black governor o maryland with wes moore. th
that young people in your stat have access to the voting booth? or to make sure that their ballots are counted? i think it is important t note that despite the fact tha we have been fighting thes battles for years now we are still in the midst of a mult year and multi faceted man level attack on people s right to vote and systems ability to be heard and every state i this country including ours so the work that we are doin in michigan is simply talkin to younger people and injuring policies that have been proven through data to enable young people and also all citizens t vote, whether be election da registration or no recen absentee voting or early votin or simply just putting precincts and voting places on college campuses to ensure citizens have access to thei vote wherever they are we meet young people where the are and ensure that they can vote and that is why michigan was recently recognized as havin the highest youth turnout in the country in 2022. because we listened to young
happenstance, of people gettin caught up in the moment. that this was a plan, strategi attack on our capitol building and our ordinary moxie directe by the president of the united states the job on the january 6th committee was to bring this to the public record, was to brin it to the forefront and sa that this was not an accident, this was not, like, a lone wol incident and people got caught up in emotion. the corrected and weaponized and we knew that donald trum knew that those crowds o people had weapons what did he say? if they are not here to harm me so, i think that right now, th ball is in merrick garland and jack smith s hands to decide whether or not this is something america is going t shrug off and turn us into a banana republic, or somethin that they are going to tak action on and ensure tha democracy will still hold. people are waiting with a baited breaths to see what happens. eugene, i think a large part o the effectiveness, as we are